Photos: Airports around the world on guard for Wuhan coronavirus

A Philippine quarantine officer checks the temperature of a passenger from China at the international airport in Manila. The Philippines was probing on January 21, its potential first case of the SARS-like virus that has infected hundreds in China, health authorities said.

Officials from Health Department of Bangladesh wait to screen arriving passengers from abroad in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. Meerzady Sabrina Flora, the director of Bangladesh's Institute of Epidemiology and Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), said the institute has "issued an alert" especially in the country's main international airport in Dhaka as a precautionary measure against the Wuhan virus.

Passengers arrive at the Juanda airport in Sidoarjo on the outskirts of Surabaya. A new virus that has killed nine people, infected hundreds and already reached the United States could mutate and spread, China warned January 21, as authorities scrambled to contain the disease during the Lunar New Year travel season

Officials from Health Department of Bangladesh wait to screen arriving passengers from abroad in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

A thermographic camera screens the head of a man at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, following the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's advisory to screen passengers arriving in India from China and Hong Kong in different airports regarding the novel coronavirus (nCoV) issue.

A quarantine officer (bottom) monitors a thermal scanner as passengers from an international flight arrive at Incheon international airport, west of Seoul. South Korea on January 20 confirmed its first case of the SARS-like virus that is spreading in China, as concerns mount about a wider outbreak.

Officers work at a health screening station as they observe passengers arriving on a flight from Wuhan, China, where a SARS-like virus was discovered and has since spread, at Narita airport.

Family members wear face masks as they pose for photos near a Lunar New Year installation in the arrivals hall at the international airport of Hong Kong, after China recently confirmed human-to-human transmission in the outbreak of the new SARS-like virus.

A man (L) uses a thermographic camera to screen the head of people at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, following the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's advisory to screen passengers arriving in India from China and Hong Kong regarding the novel coronavirus (nCoV) issue.

Officials monitor thermal scanners as passengers walk past upon arrival of a flight from Hangzhou, China at Changi Airport, Singapore

Masked workers disinfect a passenger throughfare at the Taoyuan International Airport, after Taiwan on January 21 reported its first case of the new SARS-like virus from China. Taiwan should not be blocked from international bodies such as the World Health Organization, its president said on January 22, a day after the island confirmed its first case of a SARS-like virus from China

A Chinese tourist wears a mask as he arrives at Suvarnabhumi Airport during a welcome ceremony of Chinese Lunar New Year travellers in Bangkok, Thailand

Health Officials in hazmat suits wait at the gate to check body temperatures of passengers arriving from the city of Wuhan, at the airport in Beijing, China

A health officer (L) screens arriving passengers from China at Changi International airport in Singapore as authorities increased measure against coronavirus.

Health Officials in hazmat suits check body temperatures of passengers arriving from the city of Wuhan, at the airport in Beijing, China

A health official scans the body temperature of a passenger as she arrives at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia. Indonesia is screening travelers from overseas for a new type of coronavirus as fears spread about a mysterious infectious disease after its first death reported in China.

Officials from Health Department of Bangladesh screen arriving passengers from abroad in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Health official scan body temperatures of passengers as they arrive at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia.

Health Officials in hazmat suits check body temperatures of passengers arriving from the city of Wuhan at the airport in Beijing, China

Health officers screen arriving passengers from China with thermal scanners at Changi International airport in Singapore.